​Now You Can Watch Thursday Night Football On Amazon

For the 2017-18 NFL season, Amazon Prime members will have streaming access to 10 Thursday Night Football games, giving the tech giant another bullet in its clip of impending entertainment domination. The Wall Street Journal reports that Amazon secured the streaming rights for about $50 million, a huge price hike from the $10 million Twitter shelled out last year for the same game package. The Amazon streams will be the same as the CBS and NBC feeds of the action, complete with broadcasting personalities and, unfortunately, commercial breaks. Fans will also be able to stream the games on the CBS or NBC websites, another change from the exclusivity of last year’s Twitter deal.

The agreement is a potential step toward a more reactive and immediately engaged entertainment experience for cord-cutters, who currently have little means to watch live events like sports and award shows. Imagine a day when you can queue up the game on your computer, have Madden up on the main TV with your bro, and pizza and wings being delivered via Amazon drone to your front door. The future might look bleak, but at least we’ll still have greasy convenience food and one screen for each eyeball.

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